Written answers
Thursday, 20 April 2023
- Education Costs
353. To ask the Minister for Health what steps his Department has taken to ensure current first- and second-year educational psychology students will receive financial support, given the... - Health Services
355. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the services for speech and language therapy; the current waiting list figures for this service; if he will provide an update... - Eating Disorders
358. To ask the Minister for Health if there are plans to increase capacity for adult inpatient eating disorder beds; how many beds are proposed; where they will be available; and if he will make... - Health Services
359. To ask the Minister for Health the plans to improve therapeutic and other services, and access to services, for under-18s with a diagnosis of ADHD; and if he will make a statement on the... - Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
360. To ask the Minister for Health if he will clarify as to the new procedures that have been put in place to expedite the process for the development and the building for the new elective... - Mental Health Services
361. To ask the Minister for Health what steps have been taken to end the practice of children being admitted to adult psychiatric inpatient wards; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Home Help Service
362. To ask the Minister for Health to increase the hours allocated to a person (details supplied) as soon as possible; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18629/23] - Mental Health Services
363. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons employed in July 2020, 2021, and 2022 in community psychiatry, community psychology and community CAMHS areas in County Cork by area; and... - Disability Services
366. To ask the Minister for Health if there are financial supports available to those with limited mobility and wish to purchase a motorised scooter; and if he will make a statement on the... - Mental Health Services
367. To ask the Minister for Health the reason he does not attend the PNA conference (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18661/23] - Home Care Packages
368. To ask the Minister for Health how many home care beds have been delivered by the HSE in each CHO area in 2022, in tabular form. [18667/23] - Home Help Service
370. To ask the Minister for Health how many support hours were provided in the past year on the national service plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18669/23] - Home Care Packages
371. To ask the Minister for Health how many hours were provided in 2022 on intensive home care packages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18670/23] - Home Help Service
372. To ask the Minister for Health how many hours were provided with the pilot statutory home support scheme in 2022-2023. [18671/23] - Health Services Staff
373. To ask the Minister for Health how many extra clinical nurses have been recruited into neurology in the past 12 months. [18672/23] - Care of the Elderly
374. To ask the Minister for Health the additional finance that has been put into day and community services for older people, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Dental Services
375. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children seen by school dentists in the years 2019 to 2022 by county, in tabular form. [18706/23] - Hospital Waiting Lists
376. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting for ophthalmology appointments in each hospital, in tabular form. [18707/23] - General Practitioner Services
377. To ask the Minister for Health the number of general practitioners in each county, in tabular form. [18709/23] - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
378. To ask the Minister for Health if the pandemic recognition payment has been paid to nursing staff working for an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the... - Departmental Consultations
379. To ask the Minister for Health the details of each time his Department, or public bodies under the aegis of his Department, enlisted the services of consultants in 2022; the purpose and... - Mental Health Services
380. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children waiting for CAMHS appointments in the north Tipperary and east Limerick LHO; and if he will provide a breakdown of the figures for those... - Nursing Homes
382. To ask the Minister for Health the number of high-dependency rooms that will be included in the new community nursing unit being built in Tuam; the application process for patients to access... - Parental Leave
383. To ask the Minister for Health the reason parents working for Section 38 agencies in the health service have been re-granted any parental leave taken during Covid but parents in Section 39... - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
384. To ask the Minister for Health the action he has taken to ensure that a pandemic special recognition payment which has been issued to a private company (details supplied) has been passed on... - Health Services Staff
385. To ask the Minister for Health the number of FTE public health nursing posts in County Louth; the vacancy rate 2018 to date by year; if additional posts were provided for through budget... - Hospital Services
386. To ask the Minister for Health if he and the HSE will reinstate full antenatal services at Naas General Hospital; if he will outline the rationale for scaling back the services; and if he... - Health Services Staff
387. To ask the Minister for Health when student nurses will receive a payment (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18796/23] - General Practitioner Services
388. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the roll-out of GP cards to include people on or below the median income as committed to under Budget 2023; and if he will make a... - Health Strategies
389. To ask the Minister for Health why SSWHG has not met Kerry Oireachtas members for so long; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18850/23] - Hospital Staff
390. To ask the Minister for Health why a cardiologist is not in place at UHK; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18851/23] - Health Services
391. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which he remains focused on enabling rehabilitation and methadone treatments for those who have been adversely affected by drugs; and if he will... - Medicinal Products
392. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of rare and orphan drugs currently being evaluated for use in Ireland; the length of time that normally required for this process; the drugs... - Health Services Staff
393. To ask the Minister for Health the action being taken to ensure the availability of an adequate number of health professionals within the health services, including, but not limited to,... - Health Services
394. To ask the Minister for Health if he is satisfied that the health services can be co-ordinated in such a way as to ensure a modern response to patients' needs in all areas throughout the... - Hospital Waiting Lists
395. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for delay in dealing with the waiting lists of children seeking procedures for scoliosis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18857/23] - Hospital Facilities
396. To ask the Minister for Health when the promised phase of the Naas hospital development plan will be activated in accordance with the original projections; when the facility will be... - Health Services
397. To ask the Minister for Health the proposed best protection for vulnerable groups, including the elderly, within the public health sphere to ensure their protection to the best possible... - General Practitioner Services
398. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which efforts are being made to replace GPs where the incumbents have retired leaving vacancies throughout the country; the number of such... - Healthcare Policy
399. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which the various changes and requirements needed to fully introduce Sláintecare are being pursued at present; and if he will make a... - Hospital Waiting Lists
400. To ask the Minister for Health the degree by which it is intended to reduce the numbers on hospital waiting lists by whatever means over the next twelve months; and if he will make a... - Dental Services
401. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which dental patients can have their requirements met and progressed as quickly as possible with particular reference to medical card holders;... - Medical Cards
402. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which eligibility for medical cards for those diagnosed with serious or life-threatening illness can be upgraded to take account of the... - Primary Care Centres
403. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which the provision of primary care centres throughout County Kildare is ongoing, with particular reference to the needs of Maynooth, a... - Medicinal Products
404. To ask the Minister for Health the degree to which access to various medicines remains equally available to those in this jurisdiction, as compared with the rest of the single market in... - Health Services
405. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which any shortcomings in the health services such as overcrowding at accident and emergency departments, lack of adequate accommodation,... - Health Services Staff
408. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to continue the ongoing need to upgrade the health services to meet the needs of an increasing population including the shortage of GPs, the need to... - Medical Cards
409. To ask the Minister for Health when a full medical card might be provided in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18871/23]
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